Claude-Michel SchönbergRezensionen

Another classic musical that I am not overly fond of. This is a favorite of my spouse's. Played through on the piano.

I fell in love with this music!

Dette er den fantastiske musicaloppsetningen i Royal Albert Hall av Victor Hugos bok med samme navn. En fascinerende historie og fantastisk musikk!

This is the superb music from the Broadway musical The Pirate Queen.

This is the sheet music for the Broadway musical Miss Saigon.

Cheesy as a cheese omelette stuffed with Dairylea, glazed with a nice sauce fromage and finished with extra gruyere shaved on top. But, thankfully, just as scrumptious.

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It's probably best known for raising the stakes for 1980s blockbuster shows by landing a helicopter on stage, but Miss Saigon is also a good show with good music. As a follow-up to their international smash Les Misérables, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (with an assist from Richard Maltby Jr.) adapted the tale of Madame Butterfly to the Vietnam War, realized here by the original 1989 London cast. While it may seem overheated at times, the despair and passion fit the tragic story, and Schönberg's pop-flavored style receives its most appropriate setting. Leading the cast are Jonathan Pryce as the Engineer (a Eurasian character whose casting generated some controversy when the producers wanted to have Pryce, a Caucasian, reprise the role on Broadway), Lea Salonga (in her first major role) as the young Vietnamese bride, Simon Bowman as her lover, and Claire Moore as his American wife (and a young Ruthie Henshall as one of the sweaty bargirls). The songs include the bawdy opener "The Heat Is on in Saigon," "The Movie in My Mind," "Why God Why," the romantic duet "The Last Night of the World," the female duet "I Still Believe," the male chorus number "Bui-Doi," and the Engineer's mocking "The American Dream." The booklet includes photographs and full lyrics. It's also available in a 58-minute highlights version. --David Horiuchi